Burundi National Defense Force soldiers with 3rd Sapper Company form a defensive position after a simulated improvised explosive device attack during the final exercise of a 10-week training engagement with Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 in Bujumbura, Burundi, Sept. 23, 2013. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa helps Marine Corps Forces Africa and Africa Command assist partner nations by conducting security force assistance and military-to-military engagements. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Joyner/Released) Special-Purpose MAGTF Afric

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Burundi National Defense Force soldiers with 3rd Sapper Company form a defensive position after a simulated improvised explosive device attack during the final exercise of a 10-week training engagement with Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 in Bujumbura, Burundi, Sept. 23, 2013. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa helps Marine Corps Forces Africa and Africa Command assist partner nations by conducting security force assistance and military-to-military engagements. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Joyner/Released) Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa 13 prepares BDNF for future engagements 130923-M-MA421-474

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